Toy pistol



M. A. TURTLE.

TOY PISTOL. 7 APPLICATION FILED SEPT-19, 1919.

Patented May 18, 1920..

U-HIIITT MORTON A. TURTLE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed September 19, 1919. Serial No. 324,839.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTON A. TURTLE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 19 Dodd street, East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention consists of a toy pistol in which a trigger for discharging the pistol and a hammer for striking the projectile are formed of wire, in one piece with a spring which operates to furnish the propelling power to the projectile.

A notch to retain the hammer when cocked is formed in the body or stock at the rear end of the barrel, and the free ends of the trigger and hammer-portions are bent in opposite directions, the first to form a pivot for the trigger by insertion through a hole in the pistol forward of the notch; and the secondto'form a head upon the hammerpart to engage the notch, and operating also to strike the rear of the projectile when released from the notch.

The pistol may be made with a barrel through which round projectiles may be driven, or with a barrel open upon the top to permit the discharge of a rod provided with wings at the rear end so as to act a little like an aeroplane when flying through the air.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pistol with round bore in the barrel; Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same on line 22 in Fig. 1; Fig. 2 shows the outer end of the barrel; Fig. 3 is a plan of the same with a projectile in the barrel; Fig. 4 is a plan of the body-portion of a pistol with barrel open upon the top; Fig. 5 is a side elevation'of the same with dotted lines showing a winged projectile resting in the barrel; Fig. 6 is a section of the barrel and projectile taken on line 6-6 in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a section of the pistol and projectile with the View taken on line 77 in Fig. 5 and directed toward the left-hand; Fig. 8 is a prospective view of a winged projectile; and Fig. 9 is an end view of the same.

In Figs. 1 and 3, a designates the barrel with round bore; Z) a stock or handle to which the barrel is attached, and c a recess cut in the upper side of the barrel to expose the rear end of the projectile cl.

The projectile is set quite near to the notch 0 before the pistol is discharged, to receive the impact of the hammer. The notch e is shown in the stock at the junction of the barrel and handle, and a pivothole 7' is formed through the barrel below its'bore somewhat in advance of the notch e.

The ends of the trigger and hammer-arms are bent in opposite directions, the triggerarm 9 having a prong g which is inserted in the hole f to form a pivot for the movement of the combined arms.

The top of the hammer-arm h is bent in the opposite direction, as shown 'in Figsai and 7, to'form a transverse hammer-head which is fitted to engage the notch 6.

Such engagement is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, and the bent end of the hammer is also bent into a horizontal loop h and its free end if projected beyond the side of the pistol-body, to be readily pushed back or cocked by the finger Z shown in Fig. 8. The end of the arm may be bent upward instead of laterally to be pushed by the finger, and such shape is shown in Figs. 5 and 7.

The essential feature of the invention is the union of the trigger g and hammer-arm h in one piece with a coiled spring 2' which holds the two arms in different positions when cocked and when discharged. The

spring permits the arms to be separated when the hammer is cooked, as shown in full lines it in Fig. 5, and draws them forcibly together again when the hammer is discharged, as shown by the full lines it in Fig. 1 and dotted lines it in Fig. 5.

The pistols shown in Figs. 3 and l differ only in the open barrel of F ig. a, the opera tion of the trigger and hammer-arms being the same in both.

The trigger-arm is bent into a concave shape between the fulcrum-pin g and the spring, to form a curved bearing for the finger Z in discharging the pistol, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the hammer-arm is discharged fron the notch 6 it is drawn forcibly forward in the recess 0 toward the fulcrum-pin g, and the bent head of that arm sweeps through the recess 0, pushing the projectile before it, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The open barrel construction shown in Figs. 4 to 7 is designed to propel rods, such jected from its opposite sides near the butt. This rod and the wings are indicated by dotted lines is and on in Fig. 5, and Fig. 6 shows the rod lying in the open barrel and the wings sloped downwardly at each side of the barrel, but entirely clearing the arms of the trigger and hammer, which lie close to the sides of the pistol-body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7.

Fig. 5 shows the hammer cocked in full lines and drawn forwardly in dotted lines, which movement would propel the rod from the barrel, and the wings would aid to direct and support it in its flight.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

1. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a barrel for sustaining the projectile, with a notch at the rear end of the barrel, of a combined trigger and hammer formed of wire in one piece with a spring coil, the end of the trigger portion being pivoted upon the said barrel and the end of the ham mer portion being pressed normally forward Lay thle coil to drive the projectile from the arre 2. In a toy pistol, the combination, with "form a pivot at the end of the trigger portion and the other to form a head to engage the notch when cocked and to strike the proj ectile when released.

3. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a barrel for sustaining the projectile, with a notch at the rear end of the barrel, of a combined trigger and hammer formed of wire in one piece with a spring coil, the end of the trigger portion being pivoted upon the said barrel and the end of the hammer portion being shaped to engage the notch and to be disengaged therefrom by pressure upon the trigger portion.

4. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a barrel for sustaining the projectile, with a notch atthe rear end of the barrel, of a combined trigger and hammer formed of wire in one piece with a spring coil, the end'of combined trigger and hammer formed of.

wire in one piece with a spring coil, the end of the trigger portion being pivoted upon the said barrel in advance of the said notch and the top of the barrel cut away above such pivot to clear the hammer when swinging forward against the projectile.

6. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a barrel for sustaining the projectile, with a transverse notch in the stock at the rear end of the barrel, of a combined trigger and hammer formed of wire in one piece with a spring coil, theend of the trigger portion being pivoted upon the said barrel in advance of the said notch, and the wire bent transversely at the end of the hammer portion to engage the notch, and such bent end forming a head for striking the projectile.

7 A toy pistol having the barrel wholly open upon the top, with a transverse notch in the stock at the rear end of the barrel,

a projectile adapted to lie in such open barrel, and a combined trigger and hammer formed of wire in one piece with a spring coil, theend of the trigger portion being pivoted upon the said barrel in advance of the said notch and the wire bent transversely at the end of the hammer portion to engage the notch and operating as a hammer-head to drive the projectile from the barrel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

MORTON A. TURTLE. 

